Title: Admin Sticky Widget Areas Author: Sridhar Katakam Published: December 10, 2017 Last modified: May 14, 2019 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/admin-sticky-widget-areas/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1784433) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/admin-sticky-widget-areas/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1784436) # Admin Sticky Widget Areas By [Sridhar Katakam](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srikat/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/#reviews) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/) ## Description This plugin fixes the widget areas on WordPress widgets page on the admin backend so they always remain in view when scrolling up/down. It will greatly reduce the time and effort in having to hold widgets and drag a long distance up and down. Set to work from 481px and above i.e., only when the widget areas appear on the right side, in a column. If you do not wish to use the plugin and want to temporarily achieve the same sticky widgets, bring up your browser’s dev tools and add this CSS to the widgets page: ``` @media only screen and (min-width: 481px) { .widget-liquid-right { position: -webkit-sticky; position: sticky; top: 42px; } } ``` ### Automatic Installation Search for `Admin Sticky Widget Areas` from within your WordPress plugins Add New page and install. ### Manual Installation 1. Click on the `Download` button to download the plugin. 2. Upload the entire `admin-sticky-widget-areas` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 3. Activate the plugin through the `Plugins` menu in WordPress. ## Screenshots * [[ * Screenshot showing the sticky widget areas when scrolling up and down. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/92b9e6cf9901507af54b53f5d9021a2ddc9e65c7e4421bd0bae419c96ea0268c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[A simple plugin bat it solves a problem.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/a-simple-plugin-bat-it-solves-a-problem/)󠁿 [labarta](https://profiles.wordpress.org/labarta/) December 30, 2017 A simple plugin bat it solves a problem. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5612a0b1e26e958b7cb153ad8d69325be61525b2bba4819361bb69f127ec34b4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fabulous idea. Needs polish to be useful.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fabulous-idea-needs-polish-to-be-useful/)󠁿 [mrwweb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrwweb/) December 26, 2017 I love the idea of this plugin, but it feels like it needs a bit of polish. While position: sticky; is enticing, the scrolling behavior is not great when one or more widgets are expanded so that the widget(s) you are editing are taller than one screen. In that case, you can’t scroll to see the active widget areas until you’ve scrolled to the bottom of the page. Using some kind of JS behavior more similar to how the default core “Edit Post” page sidebar works would make this a no-brainer 5-star plugin, and I look forward to updating my rating! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/77fe6ba2991eda4d24ef6342ded3d2cb1049894dc2ec47c92c9c760ccd420784? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[What a great plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/what-a-great-plugin-40/)󠁿 [Wayne Stratton](https://profiles.wordpress.org/thatdudebutch/) December 11, 2017 No more annoyance when dragging widgets! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Admin Sticky Widget Areas” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Sridhar Katakam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srikat/) “Admin Sticky Widget Areas” has been translated into 4 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Admin Sticky Widget Areas” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/admin-sticky-widget-areas/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/admin-sticky-widget-areas/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/admin-sticky-widget-areas/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/admin-sticky-widget-areas/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0.0 Initial Release. ## Meta * Version **1.0.0** * Last updated **7 years ago** * Active installations **20+** * WordPress version ** 4.9 or higher ** * Tested up to **5.2.24** * PHP version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/), [Spanish (Chile)](https://cl.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/), and [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas) * Tags * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[sticky](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sticky/) [widgets](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widgets/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/admin-sticky-widget-areas/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Sridhar Katakam ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/srikat/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/admin-sticky-widget-areas/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://www.paypal.me/sridharkatakam)